Franz Rolf Schröder was born in Kiel, Germany on 8 September 1893. He was the son of Johannes Franz Heinrich Schröder and Minna Amanda Rolfs. His father was a prominent linguist and educator, and editor of the Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift [de].[1]
In 1925, Schröder was made Professor and Chair of German Philology at the University of Würzburg. He would eventually also succeed his father as editor of the Germanisch-Romanische Monatsschrift. Schröder specialized in the study of Germanic religion from a comparative perspective, and was particularly interested in its relationship with Indo-European religion.[1]
Schröder retired in 1959, and was made a Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1965. He died in Würzburg on 24 March 1979.[1]
Selected works
Germanentum und Hellenismus. Untersuchungen zur germanischen Religionsgeschichte, 1924
Ernst Klee: „Franz Rolf Schröder“ Eintrag in ders.: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN978-3-10-039326-5